English 10 HN - Unit 8 Vocab

Question 1

Apathy

Answer 1

A lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

Question 2

Apprehensive

Answer 2

Fearful or anxious, especially about the future

Question 3

Commend

Answer 3

To praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of

Question 4

Compatible

Answer 4

Able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system

Question 5

Condolence

Answer 5

An expression of sympathy

Question 6

Consecrate

Answer 6

To make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose

Question 7

Decrepit

Answer 7

Old and feeble; worn-out, ruined

Question 8

Deride

Answer 8

To ridicule, laugh at with contempt

Question 9

Ingenuous

Answer 9

Innocent, simple; frank, sincere

Question 10

Multifarious

Answer 10

Having great variety; numerous and diverse

Question 11

Obsolete

Answer 11

Out-of-date, no longer in use

Question 12

Omnivorous

Answer 12

Eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes

Question 13

Parsimonious

Answer 13

Stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small

Question 14

Quandary

Answer 14

A state of perplexity or doubt

Question 15

Recalcitrant

Answer 15

Stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

Question 16

Reprisal

Answer 16

An injury done in return for injury

Question 17

Revel

Answer 17

To take great pleasure in; a wild celebration

Question 18

Stultify

Answer 18

To make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on

Question 19

Suave

Answer 19

Smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses

Question 20

Animosity

Answer 20

Strong dislike; bitter hostility